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JANUARY
1948

Thursday, January 29th

IN THE NEWS: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.

Friday, January 30th

IN THE NEWS: Herb Pennock, 53-year-old general manager of the Phillies and former star southpaw, collapses in a New York hotel lobby and dies a short time later at a local hospital.